ABSTRACT
The modern Danish verb forarge is the same as the Old Danish, which is borrowed from the Middle Low German vorargen and corresponds to the Modern German verärgern. The noun arg comes from the Oldest Danish (ældste dansk) argh and Old Norse argr, meaning “rank,” “evil” or “bad.”1 In short, to offend someone is to act in such a way that the one offended feels slighted or degraded by such actions. Furthermore, in a biblical sense, offense can refer to an action or relation that brings about a failure of religious faith or leads one into sin.
